On Development of Shanghai Airport Pavement Management System

The paper describes the development of GIS-based Shanghai airport pavement management system (SHAPMS).Current and historical pavement data for Shanghai airports are used by the system that employs airport pavement evaluation and analysis procedures,GIS and information management technology (IMT) to aid in managing airport pavements.Through its five subsystems,namely,information management module,pavement survey and evaluation module,GIS module,decision making aided module and network data management module,the system is capable of supporting daily pavement patrol and emergent rehabilitation,regular investigation,maintenance and rehabilitation decision making,pavement information management,etc.In general,the system is anticipated to help the Shanghai airport authorities effectively improve the whole decision-making processes involved in managing airport pavements covering from survey and test of pavement functional performance,analysis and evaluation of pavement serviceability and structural characteristics to selection and optimization of pavement operation and maintenance countermeasures.